Clinton and Nathan interview Dr. Maureen Condic, a neurobiologist who teaches at University of Utah, about human development, including some of the objections abortion-choice advocates occasionally raise against the science of embryology.Some of the objections discussed in this episode:-Human life doesn't begin until the brain is sufficiently developed.-Some embryos have the capacity to twin or recombine, so we can't say an individual human life begins before that point.-Human life doesn't begin at fertilization, it began thousands of years ago. So life is continuous.Be sure to check out this book by Dr. Condic, mentioned in the podcast:Human Embryos, Human Beings: A Scientific and Philosophical Approach (with Samuel B. Condic) Clinton and Nathan interview Dr. Maureen Condic, a neurobiologist who teaches at University of Utah, about human development, including some of the objections abortion-choice advocates occasionally raise against the science of embryology.Some of the objections discussed in this episode:-Human life doesn't begin until the brain is sufficiently developed.-Some embryos have the capacity to twin or recombine, so we can't say an individual human life begins before that point.-Human life doesn't begin at fertilization, it began thousands of years ago. So life is continuous.Be sure to check out this book by Dr. Condic, mentioned in the podcast:Human Embryos, Human Beings: A Scientific and Philosophical Approach (with Samuel B. Condic)